years Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a late time of life
geezerhood; age; old age; eld.
- old age is not for sissies
- he's showing his years
- age hasn't slowed him down at all
- a beard white with eld
- on the brink of geezerhood
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noun a prolonged period of time
age; long time.
- we've known each other for ages
- I haven't been there for years and years
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noun the time during which someone's life continues
days.
- the monarch's last days
- in his final years
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noun a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
yr; twelvemonth; year.
- she is 4 years old
- in the year 1920
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noun a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
year.
- a school year
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noun the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
year.
- a Martian year takes 687 of our days
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noun a body of students who graduate together
class; year.
- the class of '97
- she was in my year at Hoehandle High